Edgewise Therapeutics, Inc. is a muscle disease biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapeutics for muscular dystrophies and serious cardiac conditions. The Company’s lead product candidate, sevasemten (EDG-5506), is an orally administered skeletal myosin inhibitor in late-stage clinical trials in Becker and Duchenne muscular dystrophies. Its EDG-7500 is a novel cardiac sarcomere modulator for the treatment of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and other diseases of diastolic dysfunction, which is in Phase II clinical development. The Company is using its proprietary drug discovery platform to develop a pipeline of precision medicine product candidates that target key muscle proteins and modulators to address a broad array of serious muscle disorders. Its platform utilizes custom-built high throughput and translatable systems that measure integrated muscle function in whole organ extracts to identify small molecule precision medicines regulating key proteins in muscle tissue.
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Key people
Kevin Koch
President, Chief Executive Officer, Director
Alan Russell
Chief Scientific Officer, Director, Co-Founder
Michael Nofi
Chief Financial Officer
Behrad Derakhshan
Chief Operating Officer
John R. Moore
General Counsel
Robert Blaustein
Chief Development Officer
Joanne M. Donovan
Chief Medical Officer
Peter A. Thompson
Independent Chairman of the Board, Co-Founder
Laura A. Brege
Independent Director
Badreddin Edris
Independent Director, Co-Founder
Jonathan C. Fox
Independent Director
Christopher Martin
Independent Director
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Key facts
- Shares in issue105.87m
- EPICEWTX
- ISINUS28036F1057
- LocationUnited States
- SectorHealthcare
- IndustryBiotechnology & Drugs
- Market cap$2.43bn
- Employees136
- ExchangeNASDAQ
- IndexTR Equity United States Index
- Website
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